Posted 08/15/2008 at 02:41:44pm

I purchased this monitor the day it became available here in Toronto, Canada. For six months it was a wet dream, a true joy to behold. ( I am gamer geek) Then one day the touch screen failed to respond. I could not turn it on, turn it off, no video input would work. Kudos to Gateway, they went out of their way to replace the monitor. I have had the replacement monitor for two months now, and have had only one issue so far. Once when I turned it off, the backlight did not shut off. I had to unplug the monitor to resolve the issue. I find the sound bar very lacking as a primary source of audio, but a welcome addition to my 4.1 Klipsch speakers. I truly enjoy using this monitor, but holding my breath every day to see if it is going to work properly is a bit tiresome.